Introducing the Virtuoso Series - Benchmark Recordings Back in the Catalog

The Virtuoso Series is 2012's premiere catalog of the core classical repertoire in the most renowned performances from Deutsche Grammophon and Decca. Artists in this first group of forty titles include Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Neville Marriner, Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit and many others.

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In recognizing Faure's standing among French composers, his compatriot Jean Roger-Ducasse declared "more profound than Saint-Saens... more classic than Debussy, Grabriel Faure is the master...continue...

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348 Conductors:
Gardiner, John Eliot Ensemble:
English Baroque Soloists

Hande's Water Music was composed in 1717 for the English King George I, who had requested new music for a concert on the River Thames....continue...

A captivating collection spanning three centuries, including music from the greatest ever composers for the piano. Mozart's mischievously infectious Rondo "alla Turca", Chopin's effervescent "Minute"...continue...

From the first movement's manic obsession with the opening motif to the Finale's chest-beating heroism. Beethoven's magnificent Fifth Symphony was both revolutionary and revelatory. Wagner...continue...